The Hands Resist Him
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1972 painting by Bill Stoneham, later an online urban legend
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The Hands Resist Him
- Paintings
The Hands Resist Him is a 1972 painting by Bill Stoneham. It shows a young boy and a female doll before a glass-paneled door with many hands pressed against it. Stoneham said the boy was based on a photograph of himself at age five, and described the doorway, doll and hands as symbolic. In February 2000, an eBay sale description implying the painting was haunted made it the subject of an urban legend and viral internet meme.
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- Creator
- Bill Stoneham
- Year
- 1972
- Depiction
- A boy and female doll before a door with pressed hands
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- The Hands Resist Him (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q2354379
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- AI-generated illustration. Not a photograph or documentary image. (model: gpt-image-2.5-flare)
- Popularity
- 180 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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